London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Carshalton 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Carshalton]

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TABLE 8.—CAUSES OF DEATH DURING THE YEAR 1948. BY Age AND Sex.

No. Causes of Death.01515253545556575All Ages.
M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.M.F.Psns.
All Causes94223738912213224522463336196246219465
1 Typhoid and Paratyphoid Fevers
2 Cerebro-Spinal Fever____________________
3 Scarlet Fever
4 Whooping Cough_____________'_________
5 Diphtheria-_____________________
6 Tuberculosis of Respiratory System___1_2_354_5_31__18624
7 Other Forms of Tuberculosis___1_______11
8 Syphilitic Diseases___________________
9 Influenza____________________
10 Measles____________________
11 Ac. Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis_________21__213
12 Ac. Infectious Encephalitis______1___1_112
13 Cancer of Buc. Cav and Oesophagus (M) Uterus (F)11122316511
14 Cancer of Stomach and Duodenum_____12251211210717
15 Cancer of Breast_2_4_2_1_1111
16 Cancer of all Other Sites__________16847613464352459
17 Diabetes______________3144
18 Intra-cranial Vascular Lesions11223171023222850
19 Heart Disease_111236216321922336956125
20 Other Diseases of Circulatory System__132414411819
21 Bronchitis___1__1111314214101020
22 Pneumonia3___121313312517
23 Other Respiratory Diseases_______11_12145
24 Ulcer of Stomach or Duodenum_____1_2_3-__1_7_7
25 Diarrhoea, under 2 years_______11_1
26 Appendicitis_________________
27 Other Digestive Diseases___1_11_1_11_1347
28 Nephritis__________1_22__2_2279
29 Puerperal and Post Abort. Sepsis_______________
30 Other Maternal Causes_______________
31 Premature Birth11112
32 Congenital Malformation, Birth Injury, Infant Diseases521538
33 Suicide______2114115510
34 Road Traffic Accidents____1]1213
35 Other Violent Causes121111136511
36 All Other Causes111113434386172239